The Hon. Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education
Recruitment of teachers has not been halted by a Cabinet decision; Cabinet has approved recruitment based on existing vacancies. However, three court cases have resulted in a stay on issuing teacher appointments, so recruitment cannot proceed until the legal process concludes. The Minister stated that the Government is also moving to fill many positions that had remained vacant for five years.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, this is not due to a Cabinet decision. At present, several court cases — three cases — relating to the provision of teacher appointments have resulted in a stay on recruitments. The Cabinet has, in fact, approved recruitments according to existing vacancies. However, we cannot commence recruitment until the court process concludes. The Cabinet has been compelled to refrain from issuing teacher appointments until the court proceedings are over. That is what has happened. Otherwise, the Cabinet has by no means suspended recruitment. In fact, we are now releasing a large number of positions that went unfilled for five years and have begun recruitment to them.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 24 July 2025 ·No. 1754026625097211 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 July 2025. No. 1754026625097211. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18610